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2025-06-02
Renewables supply 77% of electricity consumption in May
Solar energy represented 17% of the total, while non-renewable production accounted for 16%, and the remaining 7% came from imported energy, REN revealed.
2025-06-02
Experts call for more ambitious climate targets for the EU by 2040.
The European Scientific Council for Climate Change recommends a cut of 90% to 95% in emissions by 2040 and demands stronger adaptation policies.
2025-06-02
Reinforcement of 130 million euros for energy efficiency and Housing Portal.
The budget document presented by Duarte Freitas, regional secretary of Finance, has Housing as "one of the main goals of this governmental cycle."
2025-06-01
We don't need energy from Spain, but competition benefits prices.
Paulo Camona, the director of DGEG, rejects the criticism that Portugal is dependent on Spanish electricity, arguing that the country has relied on Portuguese energy after the blackout.
2025-05-31
Renewable energies are already helping to lower the price of electricity in Portugal
The increasing production of electricity from renewable sources is decisively contributing to reducing energy prices in Portugal and strengthening the competitiveness of the economy, said the president of the Regulatory Authority for Energy Services...
2025-05-30
Government sets renewable energy targets for industry and transport by 2030.
The now approved decree-law aims to ensure that, by 2030, 16% of the energy consumed in industry and 29% in the transport sector comes from renewable sources. These targets are temporarily applicable until the European Union directives on the promotion...
2025-05-30
It is now possible to recover precious metals from unused solar panels and create a true circular economy.
The PHOTORAMA project recovers aluminum, glass, silver, and other valuable materials from end-of-life solar panels.
2025-05-29
In the first month after the Iberian blackout, Portugal paid 60% more for electricity than Spain.
Import restrictions on electricity have been eased, but they still create additional costs for the Portuguese grid.
2025-05-29
Blackout. "The violence was such that it was impossible to stop at the border," REN advances.
The executive administrator of REN, João Conceição, has no doubts that the entire sector did its homework well.
2025-05-29
Electricity: out of sight, close to the heart
Access to electricity is critical even for gas infrastructures. And if we aim to reduce natural gas consumption through the production of green hydrogen, we will really need enormous volumes of renewable electricity.